GGA has worked with many of the largest developers of real estate and golf projects in the world. The backgrounds of the two Principals of GGA have broad and deep experience with golf-related real estate projects. As the KPMG Audit Partner responsible for golf resort real estate clients, Stephen Johnston has completed assignments for Markborough Properties, Taylor Woodrow Ltd. and TACC Construction Ltd. to name a few, each of which is a significant force in Canadian real estate development. As the corporate Vice President—Golf at Pulte Homes (PHM) from 1999 to 2008, Henry DeLozier looked after the largest portfolio of residential golf projects in the United States (27 golf projects within 12 separate communities). This role enabled him to review and evaluate the leading golf community developers in North America, to learn best management practices and to measure the effectiveness of the various developers active in the business category. Following is a representative sample of real estate developers for which GGA has developed club membership programs and solutions, assisted with corporate strategy, financial engineering and transaction advisory, provided performance and operations consulting, and strategic marketing and business planning services:
- Bonita Bay Group (Bonita Springs, FL)
- Castle & Cooke Communities (Los Angeles, CA)
- Del Webb Corporation (Phoenix, AZ)
- DMB Associates, Inc. (Scottsdale, AZ)
- DR Horton (Fort Worth, TX)
- Ginn Company (Orlando, FL)
- Greenwood Development Corp. (Greenwood, SC)
- Insight EMD Holding, LLC (Oakville, ON)
- Intracorp Canada (Toronto, ON)
- Lennar (Miami, FL)
- Monarch Group (Toronto, ON)
- Oceanico Group (Portugal)
- Olympus Real Estate (Addison, TX)
- Pardee Homes (Los Angeles, CA)
- Pulte Homes, Inc. (Bloomfield Hills, MI)
- Sunrise Company (Palm Desert, CA)
- TACC Construction Ltd. (Woodbridge, ON)
- Toll Brothers (Horsham, PA)